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> # Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.

[Cesar Chavez](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez)\#37

[Justice](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/justice/)[Sacrifice](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/sacrifice/)[Chavez](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/chavez/)[Commitment](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/commitment/)[Suffering](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/suffering/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Suffering creates readiness to give up everything for justice, including life.In plain termsBecause people have suffered, they are willing to risk everything to fight for justice.What can you take from it?Shared suffering creates deep commitment to justice.

### Where it applies

- revolutionary movements
- personal sacrifice

### Putting it to work

- mobilizing movements
- advocating for rights

### Questions to consider

- What justifies risking your life?
- How does suffering change your priorities?

### Another view

This level of sacrifice can lead to unnecessary harm.

## More from Cesar Chavez

1. > As one looks at the millions of acres in this country that have been taken out of agricultural production; and at the millions of additional acres that have ne…

[Permalink to quote \#36](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/36/ "Permalink to quote 36")
2. > Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.

[Permalink to quote \#38](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/38/ "Permalink to quote 38")
3. > A word as to the education of the heart. We don't believe that this can be imparted through books; it can only be imparted through the loving touch of the teac…

[Permalink to quote \#35](https://quotesby.net/Cesar-Chavez/35/ "Permalink to quote 35")

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2. > If we have to sacrifice and renounce things, we may do so in the full knowledge of the reasons and in the hope of a wonderful future to which we thereby acquir…

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3. > Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.

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